A volume in Research in Management Consulting Series Editor Anthony F.
Buono, Bentley University The ninth volume in the Research in Management
Consulting (RMC) series-much like the volumes that preceded
it-underscores that management consulting is a multifaceted field with a
truly eclectic nature. Management consultants range from sole
practitioners and those working in small boutique firms to members of
global consultancies that literally span the world. Their interventions
can consist of relatively simple, commonly available services focused on
mid- to lowerlevel organizational members, to those that are far more
esoteric in nature, providing vital assistance and direction to key
players at the upper echelons of the corporate hierarchy. As consultants
we can have individuals, groups and work units, or organizations as our
"client," and engagements can be dominated by junior-level specialists
or guided by senior-level gurus and advisors The volume contains 11
chapters that continue the RMC series' commitment to enhancing our
understanding of and insight into management consulting and the
consulting process from a cross-cultural, global perspective. The book
is divided into three sections that explore emerging issues and
challenges in the management consulting industry, trends and techniques
in management consulting interventions, and reflections on consulting
and the consulting process. This volume, which captures the dual
nature-possibilities and challenges -associated with management
consulting, adds to the Janus-faced portrayal of the field. Drawing on
the interplay between practice and scholarship, the volume adds to the
series goal of gaining a fuller understanding of management consulting
theory in practice and practice in context in a quest for actionable
knowledge about consultants, consultancies and the consulting process.
